• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  down-covert from JVC BR-HD50 to FCP?

  Posted by Jason Eng on November 14, 2006 at 12:05 pm

  I am using a JVC BR-HD50 deck to digitize footage shot in PAL HDV format (16:9) on a Sony Z1U. I want to down-convert in letterbox SD (720 x 576 with black bars on top and bottom) but it captures in full screen rather than letterbox. In other words it crops off the sides (sacrilege!) I am used to using the Sony down-convert function in their HDV cameras to get this output, but it seems that JVC decks do not provide that functionality….?

  Defeated, I decided to go ahead and capture in HDV format to 1280 x 720, but it won’t work that way either. I use an easy setup in Final Cut Pro for HDV 1080i50, and I get the capture screen okay. Then I can roll the tape deck by clicking the play button, but I don’t get a picture in the capture screen. And I can’t stop the deck unless I use the button on the deck (FCP’s remote button in the capture window works for play but not stop). Weird.

  Must be the user…

  Chris Borjis replied 19 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Chris Borjis

  November 14, 2006 at 5:08 pm

  The BR-HD50 does not support 1080i HDV streams from canon or sony.

  I wish it would.

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